The World - News from Aug. 6, 1985

Radio reporters voted to join British Broadcasting Corp. television journalists in a 24-hour protest strike planned for Wednesday, threatening Britain with a virtual blackout of nationally broadcast news. The journalists are protesting a decision by the BBC last week to cancel a television documentary on the conflict in Northern Ireland, including interviews with Martin McGuinness, an alleged leader of the Irish Republican Army. The cancellation reportedly came at the government’s request.